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Old Wed Aug 23, 2000, 10:38pm
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B1's tremendous smash is headed for the fence. The right-fielder leaps high, gloves the ball, and falls to the ground. As he hits square on his back, the ball pops out of his glove, into the air, finally landing on the fielder's chest. An alert center fielder grabs the ball and fires to third, but the throw goes dead.

At the time of the throw B1 had not yet touched second.

What's your call?

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B1 is out since the ball was still "in flight" when F8 grabbed it off his teammate's chest.

The question was for many years one of the staples of Joe Brinman's final exam.

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Old Wed Aug 23, 2000, 11:17pm
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Yeah, well, I think you and Brinkman are full of hooey.

(just kidding!)

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Old Thu Aug 24, 2000, 10:32pm
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(snip)

I would have answered Out, even if I hadn't read your answer... Really!

"The question was for many years one of the staples of Joe Brinman's final exam."

Who's this Joe Brinman, anyway? :-)

Maybe when you fix the "flat-mode" problem, you can install Spell Chick..

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